Company/Time frame: MWV(WestRock), Richmond, VA January 2015 – April 2015
Position: Project Manager
Project description: Bring a renovated 300,000 square foot warehouse on-line for the chemical division complete with office space for 60 people, LAN, workstations, printer/copier, wide area connectivity to the cloud, wireless access through the warehouse, secured card entry, and time reporting capabilities for warehouse staff.
Challenge: We had to work concurrently with the contractors doing the renovations in order to meeting time line requirements. The communications closet had to be expanded to support the equipment and air conditioning requirements. Getting a telecommunication circuit turned out to be particularly challenging in dealing with AT&T and with the owner of the building.
Action: I created a schedule and interfaced to all the suppliers including the general contracts responsible for the renovation. I worked with facilities management to secure access for AT&T to install the circuit.
Result: The project was complete within the time and budget allocated. The building was fully operational when the warehouse came on-line significantly increasing MWV ability to temperately store product either going out of the US or coming into the US.